“I Will Raise Them Up
On The Last Day”
“…And
this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he
has given me, but raise it up on the last day. This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have
eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day.”
Then
the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came
down from heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph,
whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from
heaven’? Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves.
No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise
that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall
all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes
to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he
has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life.
I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and
they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat
of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down form heaven. Whoever
eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread
that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
The
Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his
flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat
the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those
who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up
on the last day;…”
John 6:39-54
Jesus
will raise His people up from the dead on the last day. He was repeating this
truth to those who were listening long ago as well as to our hearts each day of
our lives.
Our
hope of resurrection will be realized when Jesus returns. After the
resurrection, believers in Jesus will receive their new bodies and rewards for
their faithful service.
The resurrection is the living hope of the Christian.
Do you have that hope?
The risen Christ will come from heaven
to
take His own to heaven.
Our Daily Bread –